#2E8AE3#2E8AE3

#2E8AE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.159 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8AE3
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 4.34, -52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 52.85, 274.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0504 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.159 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0751, 24.3009, 76.0798)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8AE3 #E3872E

analogous

#2EE3E2 #2E8AE3 #2E2FE3

triadic

#2E8AE3 #E32E8A #8AE32E

tetradic

#2E8AE3 #E22EE3 #E3872E #2FE32E

square

#2E8AE3 #E22EE3 #E3872E #2FE32E

split-complementary

#2E8AE3 #E32E2F #E3E22E

monochromatic

#124C85 #196BBB #2E8AE3 #64A8EA #9AC6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#2E8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#2E8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8AE3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8AE3	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F90E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.159 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abec',
    500: '#2e8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ae3;
$custom-light: #82abec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.503,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62438,
    "c": 0.15869,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8AE3

secondary

#DDB690

accent

#9235F3

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8AE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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